Question

What is behind Evelyn's success? How does she acknowledged it?How is she an inspiration for handicapped?

Answer 1

My first experience with percussion was seeing and being inspired by my school orchestra at the age of 12. I knew I needed something else to go alongside my piano playing, which was my main instrument at the time. It was an inexplicable feeling but as soon as I saw the percussion section I knew this was the family I belonged to".

Evelyn Glennie is the first person in history to successfully create and sustain a full-time career as a solo percussionist, performing worldwide with the greatest conductors, orchestras, and artists. She fondly recalls having played the first percussion concerto in the history of The Proms at the Albert Hall in 1992, which paved the way for orchestras around the world to feature percussion concerti. She had the honour of a leading role in the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. "Playing at an event like that was proof that music really affects all of us, connecting us in ways that the spoken word cannot".

Answer 2

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Evelyn Glennie is considered as the first person to successfully pursue a full-time career as a solo percussionist. Evelyn's hard word, determination, self-motivation and sound guidance helped her in getting to the top of her profession.

Evelyn acknowledges it by saying that "If you are strong enough to overcome any disability, no one can stop you from getting on to the top." The message she gives out to achievers is that hard work can get you anywhere you want.

She is an inspiration for the handicaps as she has succeeded in becoming a world renowned solo percussionist despite being hearing disabled. She has achieved this feat by sensing the music through her body. She has, thus, succeeded in leading a normal life in spite of her disability.